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In the Fight Over the DCA Perimeter Rule, Spirit Has a Modest Proposal
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After Delta and friends kicked off the latest round of perimeter rule madness, the main players have all been lining up, taking sides. There has been talk of initially adding 28 new daily beyond-perimeter roundtrips,…
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The Cranky Flier Interview with United SVP Global Network Planning and Alliances Patrick Quayle
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It was three long years ago in June 2020 when I last interviewed Patrick Quayle here. At the time, he was only in charge of…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AA and JetBlue Try AAgain, DCA’s Perimeter Might Expand, More…
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American and JetBlue: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try, Again American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are looking to salvage pieces of their Northeast Alliance after taking a beating in court last month. The…
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How JFK Changed for American and JetBlue in the Northeast Alliance
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Just last week I took a look at how American and JetBlue had changed their presence at New York’s LaGuardia airport once they entered into the Northeast Alliance (NEA). Today, let’s hop on the Van…
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Swoop to Be Shut Down, Swallowed by WestJet
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Say so long to magenta. After this summer season, WestJet’s supposed low-cost operator Swoop will be shut down thanks to the recently-ratified contract between WestJet and its pilots. I’d like to do a heartfelt obituary,…
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The Avianca/Viva Saga is Even Stranger Than I Imagined, and Trouble is Brewing
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I thought I was done writing about Avianca and Viva until I started learning more about just how tangled and strange this web truly is. We have intrigue, we have government investigations, and we have…
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Cranky on the Web: Podcasts a Plenty on a Miserable Summer, Loyalty Programs, and More
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You may have noticed I haven’t put up a Cranky on the Web post in awhile. That is by design. It seemed to me that they never got much engagement in the comments and nobody…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Unplanned Trip to Russia, Delta’s Big Lawsuit, More
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SFO-Bound Air India Flight Lands in Russia Air India flight 173 departed Delhi Tuesday morning bound for San Francisco but ended up diverting to tiny Magadan, Russia after the B777-200 suffered a technical issue with…
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India Opts for Protectionism in Denying United/Emirates Codeshare
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It appears that the nascent alliance between United and Emirates is running into some early trouble thanks to protectionist tendencies in India. The country has denied the airlines the right to codeshare on flights to…
